Donald Trump’s political career should have been over and done with when he mocked a disabled reporter. But it was not. So why should we be surprised that his minions are mocking Gus Walz, the 17-year-old son of Democratic vice…
The SBC still educates 1 in 5 seminary students
All six of the Southern Baptist Convention’s seminaries remain in the top 10 largest schools in the United States, according to new data from the Association of Theological Schools. Even Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, despite its recent financial…
Baptist Press compares GOP and Democratic platforms to SBC resolutions, and there are some surprises
It should come as a surprise to exactly no one that the platform of the Republican Party aligns more closely with resolutions passed by the Southern Baptist Convention than does the platform of the Democratic Party. What might be surprising,…
LDS members in Arizona could be key to the presidential election and control of the Senate
When the Republican mayor of Mesa, Ariz., endorsed Kamala Harris for president, the significance wasn’t just his party affiliation. Mayor John Giles also is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As anyone who pays attention…
On secretly recorded video, leader of Project 2025 says Trump is still in on the plan
Donald Trump’s disavowal of Project 2025 is another of the Republican presidential candidate’s lies, according to the man who is the brains behind the controversial plan to reshape the federal government into a theocracy. Russell Vought told a pair of…
MAGA evangelicals cast aspersions on new Evangelicals for Harris group
Donald Trump’s evangelical supporters are not happy about a new group called Evangelicals for Harris — as in Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. In their view, anyone who favors Harris over Trump in this year’s presidential election is forsaking the…
Ken Paxton and the NRA bullies are at it again
Last time I wrote about the NRA and Dallas, it was to lament the city’s tourism office getting in bed with the gun-rights-at-all-costs advocacy group. That’s a story that still needs to spread more. Now, however, the city has done…
Have you heard that Tim Walz is … a Lutheran?
One of the barbs being thrown at Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz is that he is — gasp! — a Lutheran. And not just any Lutheran. He’s a member of a church affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in…
Colorado election clerk found guilty of fraud in 2020 election
A conservative evangelical who used her position as a county clerk in an attempt to sway the 2020 presidential election has been found guilty of seven crimes, including four felonies. Tina Peters, former elections clerk for Mesa County, Colo., is…